Sorry folks who hate hearing news or rumors about Instagram, we feel ya, but we have to get through this story for today so bear with us. (We should also remind readers you are free to not read this story if it bothers you so much, ahem).

Rumors that an official Instagram app is actually on the way have been circulating for months now, with a May timeframe often mentioned. While we don’t know if that is accurate or not, our sources (and others e.g. the Verge) have confirmed that an official client is waiting in the wings. Whether it’s just an iOS port or something more, we don’t know. Nor do we know what the holdup is.

On Nokia’s official Facebook page in Sweden, a customer (Marcus Petterson) asked whether or not an Instagram app was headed for Windows Phone, specifically the Lumia 920. Nokia responded rather forthrightly with (translation) “Instagram is on the way but can't give an exact date right now".

Is that a slam dunk, 100% confirmation? Absolutely not. We’ve seen customer-service reps and “official” Facebook pages say things that weren’t completely accurate before, so do take this with a grain of salt.

But combined with things we’ve heard and the seeming confidence for which Nokia (Sweden) let loose the information, we’re leaning on this one a bit.

You can now return to your normally scheduled non-Instagram related Windows Phone news.

Update: Nokia (Sweden) has now deleted their comment. Take that as an accidental revelation or just an error.

Update 2: Looks like Nokia (Sweden) has spilled the beans before, as they confirmed an Instagram client is in development back in March in a tweet.

I have energy from the universe that lets me know all that I seek to. We all have this power.. I know who you are!!!!!! I am Instagram man!! You are my child,, you're a son of Instagram man, who is I!! Lets pass an offering.....

Sigh. BB10 has Instagram first, although it is still a sideloaded app ported from Android. But, if official (not sideloaded) Instagram app comes to Windows Phone faster than to BB10, it will be a bang.

It's my first ever BB device, so I'll do a post on it soon. It has some compelling features, but it many ways it's like stepping back 2 years. The novelty wore off in 2 days and after I got my Lumia 720 (swoon) :)

That first paragraph was aimed at people like me :) That said, I'll be happy for you guys once its finally released. Now we just need to determine what the next "instagram push" will be. Notification Centre? Another app? Either way, good to see community outcry producing action.

FlipBoard and Insta. After that it's all downhill. Looks like November purchasers of the 5" Phablet will be looking at a far more mature app experience than 920 users. The last 5 months were impressive catch up. Another 5 months like the last 5 and the arrival of 1080p and xBox 720 games should be a killer.

The reason a true Instagram app isn't out yet is because they're trying to integrate it into the People and Photo hubs (and thus your Microsoft account). I don't think it'll be just an app. It'll be deeper, like facebook, twitter, and linkedin. And with that, we may not see it until a larger OS upgrade, like GDR2 or 3. And I imagine there's pushback with facebook on how to integrate this effectively. My two cents.

Kudos to Nokia if this is true (or even if it isn't for right now). #2InstaWithLove was a very creative and meaningful way to push Instagram to make a move for the WP platform and to show that the WP users do want the app. I'm sure the Instagram team were flattered when they found out about it.

Sort of off-topic. After using Instagraph, anyone else notice how limiting "square" photos can be? Also more difficult to achieve a balanced and natural rule-of-thirds in some photos. This really helps Photoplay look superior since they allow for 3 types of aspect ratios (square, portrait, landscape). Hopefully Instagram changes some things around.

Well .... a bad news for instagraph if it is true (which i hope to be)
the best they can do is to make the app free , increase upload limit and promote it to their best
but still if instagram is going to be nokia exclusive , instagraph can survive

You know, I was kind of trashing them at first. Mainly due to problems when the app first launched. But I have to give those guys credit, they stepped up and made it possible to upload to instagram from our WP8's! Yes there are limits to what the app can do, but they still did it. I actually even bought the app to support the further development of the app. I'll also continue to use it as long as it's available. Even alongside an official app.

So my apologies to the devs of instagraph for being so critical before, and thank you for giving us the possibility to upload from our Windows Phone 8's.

I'm not sure why it would be bad news for instagraph and why anyone would feel bad for them. I assume they knew the risks when developing this app. They charge for the app and, while we have not seen sales figures, they've recouped a good deal of their costs. I for one appreciate their ingenuity in bringing this to the WP community.

Cool. Let it happen. I still hope the one I paid for, instagraph will eventually work as expected and carry features, cool features, not found on the official instagram app. Otherwise I'm not gonna be happy.

I am petty sure that Nokia already knowed that Instagram was develloping a Windows Phone version , so they created 2InstawithLove to promote their image , and be the hero when they will launch the app into the windows phone Store :)

It has to be coming. Dude said its coming in may the verge said the app was in the works now this. Plus the comment has been deleted. Also apparently temple run 2 comes out next month which seems legit also. So just wait til next month til then ill be using instagraph

Yeah not a great news for Instagraph...If it was true ;)
Anyway we are big Instagram fans too so we will welcome it !!
When (one, long future day..) it will arrive, we will focus on wp7 (if not supported) or on other brands (if Nokia exclusive) on winRT, on a HTML5 version, or we can resell Instagram sharing to other Apps. Instagraph will definively survive :)

Why tired with all the Instagram news? As far as I know, sales has been lacking because of lack of important apps. If anything, we should all be grateful it's even speculated to come! I want apps! I don't use instagram, and I hate social networking, but more apps means more market share!